Exams

Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests

'Small number' of colleges have 'created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments'

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Samantha Booth
AI

ChatGPT: Consider reviewing homework polices, DfE tells colleges

The government has set out its stance on the use of generative AI in education

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Samantha Booth
News

ChatGPT: Exam boards publish AI guidance

JCQ tells schools and colleges to make pupils do some coursework 'under direct supervision' amid cheating fears

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Samantha Booth
Industrial action

DfE and Ofsted staff will strike again on budget day

Walk-out by PCS union members on March 15 will also coincide with the next national teachers' strike

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Samantha Booth
News

College leaders to benefit from free wellbeing sessions

Principals and deputies will become eligible for peer support and counselling

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Samantha Booth
News

Social mobility tsar quits: ‘I’m doing more harm than good’

Birbalsingh now calls for her deputy and Oldham College principal Alun Francis to take over the role permanently

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Samantha Booth
Ofqual

Ofqual disbands standards committee

Exams watchdog to take a 'more flexible approach' on policy advice

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Samantha Booth
Sustainability

£500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient

Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on 'other capital projects'

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Samantha Booth
News

Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed

Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer's GCSEs and A-levels

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Samantha Booth